Anti-windfarm campaigners are warning that views from a famous military road through the Scottish highlands will be spoiled if a wind farm application gets the go-ahead. http://www.strathspey-herald.co.uk/News/More-wind-turbine-concerns-over-Corrieyairack-25032015.htm
The SNP’s continued obsession with wind power will cost Scotland more than half its generating capacity, the Scottish Conservatives have said. http://www.scottishconservatives.com/2015/03/obsession-with-wind-will-cost-scotland-half-its-generating-capacity/
The premature closure of Longannet power station at a time of falling spare capacity in the system is a “national scandal”, the energy minister has said. Fergus Ewing told MSPs the Scottish Government would “strain every sinew” to help employees at the struggling Fife station if the closure Read more
EXCLUSIVE by Scottish Energy News Correspondent The cost of funding government environmental levies will continue to rise according to the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR). http://www.scottishenergynews.com/sse-chief-household-power-bills-will-double-by-2020-as-uk-green-levies-rocket-upwards/
Highland Councillors have unanimously backed plans for a 14-turbine windfarm on the island of Skye, despite the site earmarked being near the area of the world famous Cuillin Ridge and its resident golden eagles. Glen Ullinish Wind Farm is to be located between Ose and Struan at Allt Dughaill. It Read more
SSE’s Peterhead power station has been awarded a National Grid contract to provide peak demand back-up electricity supplies. http://www.scottishenergynews.com/sse-wins-15m-on-demand-uk-power-supply-contract-for-peterhead-gas-plant/
Heriot-Watt University and Gaia Wind – a leading Scottish manufacturer of small scale wind turbines – have teamed up to research a solution to balancing energy supply for wind power. http://www.scottishenergynews.com/heriot-watt-experts-and-gaia-wind-team-up-to-develop-hybrid-energy-storage-system/
WORCESTER — A wind power experiment has come to an end at Walmart. http://www.telegram.com/article/20150322/NEWS/303229690/1116